This issue of CenterView, developed by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, takes a look at how California’s budget crisis threatens the progress made in strengthening the teaching workforce.

This publication argues that the threat of impending teacher layoffs will weaken the teacher preparation pipeline and affect the state’s ability to attract and retain thousands of teachers, and calls for a rethinking of state and local budgeting processes.

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